For an instant Yellow Hair regretted the brash impulse that had caused him to head toward the intruder, but he knew that escape would be useless. If he could be located so easily after he had tried so hard to put off all pursuit, there was little chance of him getting across eight hundred miles of wilderness to the Pikuni nation.
Through the thick boughs he could see a pair of Crees. They were armed with trade rifles and wore three-point HBC blankets and were quite obviously closely associated with the company. They were therefore in search of the reward.
As quietly as Yellow Hair had approached, they had heard him. They stood now with their rifles ready, their dark eyes fixed upon Yellow Hair’s haggard face.
For several seconds the two Crees neither moved nor spoke and then one turned
